The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-21
ART AND ART CRITICS.
The wouiu.Bc Vrruc Ana,ihcd.

The Would.Bc critic Anaiked
ny l.. tYrH.
Vaguely outlined on the surface OF
nebulous past aud dtapcd in the
mystic gar5 OF trad ton appear thu
titsttracos OF ar. 1t may have so
happeued, perchnnce that tho tirst
or tic was b. ri about tie same per-
od. II so the artist OF ~ former day
must have become III time rs much
disguised with he amor OF som
ones undlgest Il opinions, as his Cue
cssor OF the nineteei tn century II
apt to b.. Ii is n,t the purpose
of this essay tod tract one iola OF
merit from the conscientious and i'll
al gelt critic, whose office has ever
been recognized and high
ly appreciated by every
true arnst. 1t is the purpose
of the wr ter. however, to chastlse in
a kindly WAY, the presumption OF pre-
tenders, " no are baug tn not crlucn
and solely governed by desire for
faul'-tiuuiug and gratifying their own
little snimosi ie-. Elvious of the
Achievements OF others and laborlpg
under an il tuHs1 aversion to all ac-
CON plishmclt-, hot their own, the!
"drr thems' Ives IN sn op Mon OF
gravity, profound conceit, as " o
would say am Sir Oracle, and if |
ope my lips let no dog bark" Th"
first critics we know OF lived in the
I time OF Noah, and app AIRED upon h"
scene when that patriarch was tullG-
/ iug the srk. They, i'll b dy,
obiec ed empha'lcaly to his styl"
OF naval architecture, questioned, Ike
Nose Harris of o latter day, tn mode
of Its constructor, and unM imou ly
I pronouuc d the unc ert king a lamen
able III lure AID a job urea led tor, a.
ii would not b. much Ct ram.
Thanks to a kind Providence, tn t
crop of or tics was drC wired Ii WE
examine into the status and artccef-
ents of Dur modern OBJ etc r, we w
most frequently di4cUver that the
most m, gnaut type of hat class are
broken-down profession. whose
work rever c. mmauded the respe t
of heir cotemporaries, and who We're
driven by dire no ccssity to exc out
living by processing TO teach an ART
whic they thems' Ives Were not a lie
to master. Even fair woman becomes
at times imi I'D with Il long-'elt
want of tearing lnlo shreds
some wotk O. art which may
vary in Sly lie from her conception
thereof, and intere' ting m"ldeus III
and out Of tn ir teens, 81 mttimes feel
qualified to indulge In sweeping
criticism of art productions, after
having aquired thoir modicum of ni
training in eight lessons at An outl' y
OF So or less After MOI th's study
some of these ladies graduate. and
taking their ste ok. dip oma al dc
pArturc, stimuli AM ously choose AT
teachii tor profcs sion and become
in thcir own opinion vt least, tormid.
able critics. IL Mu be conceded
however, that such cases are lev an'
their significance more than o' t
weighed by multi'ud of their sex
who rank as the revered patrons aL'
eV tees OF art
lhtrc is one plane upon which Il
these E, lt-cOnsti utpd or tics meet il
harmony. 1t is their cheer ful read.
ness to snnihi tie the Productions &
u cOmpe luOn and to vent their 81 ccI
upon the works If Snv brother lr i-t
whenever s.lt-iI tcrCst or I, rsonq
grievances suborn their Judgment
Auotl or. and m st curious phase o
their enigmitv, extends to al works
: where in anatomy forms a sail. u
fl q ure. I his branch of art, being thu
most dtficult u handle, ant
lying beyond the reach of his prof
, cheney provoSes tie ire of the Ty-C
! and readily invites his CIR her wrstl
and condemnation. The nude i'll ar
ny q feature is generally condcmuC {
by the h4lf-pduc q CHS cs a. d in.
Weighed sg4inst by Una pruuish -; d
oyer-Squeami,h. The question ariscr
Is the nude human figure, portray
, in plastic or pic'Or'a' art objections
bile per Sc? The answer borne out bl
T. ages and concurrcd in by tho mes
Gu tivatcd c asses OF society IL mega
live. Always barring the prcductjoi
OF obscene and rcyo lting d, lneatiopH
to which no true arts
will lend his hand, M,
which rlghtfply come undc
he ban of the law, the por raval o.
the human form, in a 'hc b, auty o
It's tymm'try, has evcG engaged q
best tiort5 of the artist and d light {
the Gu tured Cis ses OF Vii ayes.
the nude were rflenslye to good tlst
and corrup'ive 20 the moral sense
then, nderd, have the great na ter
Of former ages, WHO gave us a NoupI
ul Milo, NJ All, II BeiV dorP,
e. .9dIatCr, Ll,COn and i numera i
chef d'ouyro7 If at, sinped lgA,u
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